silbato
Spanish, noun/silˈbato/
silbato is spelled S-I-L-B-A-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,389th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silbato is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “whistle (instrument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento de viento pequeño de una única nota, que produce sonido mediante un flujo forzado de aire”.
What does silbato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewhistle (instrument)
- 2
masculinewhistle (sound)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento de viento pequeño de una única nota, que produce sonido mediante un flujo forzado de aire.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of silbato
- silbatos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce silbato?
- /silˈbato/
- [silˈβ̞a.t̪o]
- [silˈβ̞at̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to silbato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is silbato in Spanish?
silbato appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).